Marcel Danesi (born 1946) is Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
Danesi regularly contributes to global discussions on semiotics and human behaviors with appearances including a discussion on kissing on The Deep Cover Show with Damien Dynan[2] and the origins of puzzles in Best Health magazine.
[3] Danesi is the author of several books and his work has been featured in a range of mainstream publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian[4] and The Globe and Mail.
Reviewing the book in the journal Semiotica (of which Danesi himself has been editor-in-chief since 2004), Omonpee W. Petcoff wrote, "The author purposefully and masterfully presents semiotics principles and pedagogy in non-technical terms.
The outcome is a text that, while rich in semiotics fundamentals and terminology, is also inviting, engaging, and, accordingly, accessible to diverse readers.